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abnormal behavior

1. personal distress: might display distress by saying theyre

highly anxious (like someone has ripped their heart out; sick

to their stomach; cant think straight; sad); internal mental

state 2. Disability- are they still going to class? Bathing

regularly? Relationships with family? 3. increased risk or

harm to others: suicide; murder

TERM 2

causes of mental illness

DEFINITION 2

3 components: Biological component o Genetics,

neural/chemical brain systems, disease, etc. Psychological

Component o Life experiences, stress vulnerability/resiliency,

etc. Sociological Component o Family dynamics, society

factors, etc.

TERM 3

diagnosing mental illness

DEFINITION 3 Consciousness: do you know who you are? Where you are? Are you constantly aware of who you are or where you are? Affect: mood state. Looking for signs of sadness. Thinking: are you rational? Do your thoughts connect logically to other thoughts? Schizophrenia- disorganized thinking. Movement: Are you fidgety? Anxious? Absence of movement? Memory: do you have any memory deficit? Intelligence: get an IQ score. Average number is 100. if you have an IQ of 60 = Mentally retarded. Perception: are you seeing what I TERM 4

dsm iv

DEFINITION 4

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

(DSM) is published by the American Psychiatric Association

and provides diagnostic criteria for mental disorders.

TERM 5

4 psycho therapeutic approaches/key concept

DEFINITION 5

worldview: why ppl are like they are. (date a guy that you

don't connect with) major technique: things that happen in

therapy. (do you sit on the couch, chair, etc?) client issues:

sources of trouble for person (match your worldview with

theirs. what do y'all talk about?) therapy goals: outcome of

sessions.

freud's psychoanalysis

worldview: behavior is driven by unconscious biological forces (things you arent aware of) major techniques: Free association, dream analysis, transference, etc. (they study your dreams, and believe that dreams have two types of content) client issues: Uncover polarities of confused emotions from past and relate to future. therapy goals: Bring into conscious the unconscious, reconstruct ones personality (id, ego, superego) TERM 7

cognitive therapy

DEFINITION 7 worldview: not things but our view of things is what troubles us; behavior should be consistent with thoughts/feelings (its how you view those sorts of thingsthoughts/feeling/behavior should all major tech:examine logic/teach new ways of thinking/behavior client issues: Irrational beliefs, unrealistic goals, incongruence between logic and real world. therapy goals:Eliminate self- defeating thinking; develop rational and tolerant views of self and others; act on new cognition TERM 8

behavior therapy

DEFINITION 8 worldview: ppl are shaped by life experiences. major tech: relaxation (anxious about certain situations, learn to relax) , conditioning (reinforcement/punishment), modeling (show you what you ought to be doing), systematic desensitization , flooding. client issues: Actual and desired behaviors far apart therapy goals:Eliminate faulty learning & maladaptive behavior; use behavior modification to achieve desired behavior TERM 9

humanistic therapy

DEFINITION 9 worldview: personal drive to find meaning in a meaningless world, to reach ideal self or to self actualize major tech: Empathy building, sharing personal experiences, self reflection and acceptance, confrontation. client issues: Real vs. ideal self incongruence, failure to self actualize, existential paradox therapy goals: To find meaning, acceptance, self- fulfillment, self- actualization TERM 10

MDD symptoms (manic depression

disorder)

DEFINITION 10 Dysphoria- as opposed to euphoria Hopeless (nothing good), helpless (inability to change) , worthless, social withdrawal, changes in appetite and sleep, concentration difficulties (on outward things- you dont know what you read while reading. Hard to follow conversations. Tend to think more about things that trouble them) suicidal ideation- 1 in 3 will attempt suicide. Men tend to be completers. Women take more time to think about it

causes of depression

Genetics: 2-5X frequency in relatives oBiochemical:

monoamine hypothesis/stress hypothesis Norepinephrine &

serotonin/cortisol ocognitive perspective learned

helplessness explanatory styles (internal vs. external)

reinforces hopelessness, helplessness, worthlessness

TERM 12

treating depression

DEFINITION 12

pharmacotherapies (target norepinephrine & serotonin

(prozac)] ECT/rTMS repetitive transcranial magnetic

stimulation Psychotherapy (teach you to behave diff. to

effect the eventtalk about the event) No therapy Manic-

Depressive Illness Lithium

TERM 13

schizophrenia

symptoms

DEFINITION 13

Positive- disturbances that present in a person that shouldnt

be part of the normal repertoire Negative- stuff thats missing

from a persons normal behavioral response

TERM 14

paranoid schizophrenia

DEFINITION 14

2/3 of diagnosed cases- symptoms come on fairly suddenly

and generally regardless of type in the late teen years. Start

possessing paranoid thoughts and over 2 or 3 days it

accelerates in presentation. Predominance positive

symptoms. Excessive amounts of activitychemical

imbalance.

TERM 15

disorganized schizophrenia

DEFINITION 15

Start in teen years and very slow progression rather than

sudden onset. Tend to socially withdrawal. Loss of brain

tissue.

Catatonic

very, very rareunder 1% of cases diagnosed. Referred to as

Gumby syndromeswaxy flexibility. Negative.

TERM 17

Undifferentiated (catch-all)

DEFINITION 17

therapist confused and cant figure out what their

predominate symptoms are. I give up

TERM 18

causes of schizophrenia

DEFINITION 18 genetics: 25 vs 60% concordance in DZ vs MZ twins. 1 in 4 fraternal twins. Just because one twin is schiz and other isnt doesnt mean the other twin doesnt have a problem. Multiply gene hit theory viral infections, Seasonality, latitude, urban, epidemic data End of second trimester of pregnancy is when brain development occurs Latitude- Maine, Michigan, Montana, Washington, Oregon, NYexceeds base rate in other states where you tend to have more viral hits.Urban- big citymore lik TERM 19

biology of schizophrenia

DEFINITION 19 dopamine theory- people who have paranoid s. tend to have excess dopamine. You can actually induce schizo symptoms by giving dopamine to a normal person. People on cocaine or amphetaminestheir hallucinations tend to be crawly things on them. Glutamate theory- one of the chief excitatory neurotransmitters in the brain. Drug PCP, produces psychotic state. Blocks glutamate from having an effect. People who have sz have a abhorrent form of glutamate that sticks to receptor and doesnt turn it on. Whe TERM 20

treating schizophrenia

DEFINITION 20 Antipsychotic drugs: most being dopamine blockers (thorazine- reverse positive symptoms) Disorganized will get treated and only have about 1 episode and theyd be fine. bad side effects:Pseudo parkinsonism Tardive dyskenesia tardive (late appearing) dyskenesia (motor disturbance) they all have to do with neck and face motor tickstotally involuntary. If youre taken off the drug the symptoms get worse. You have to have more of the drug to get rid of symptoms